Q25.22: benton lamps applies overhead using direct labor hours. budgeted total overhead cost was $472,000 and estimated direct labor hours were 118,000 for the first quarter. the standard direct labor quantity is 4 hours per lamp, and the company produced 9,800 lamps in january. this required 39,500 direct labor hours. what amount should be used for overhead applied in the total overhead variance calculation

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

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